Instrument Repair Technician - Strings Emphais

Job Overview

Instrument Repair Technician - Strings

Schmitt Music is a well-known, respected, family-owned musical instrument dealer in the Twin Cities and surrounding region. Our mission is to enrich lives by helping people make music. We are seeking exceptional people to join our team.

The Workshop Team of the Paul

A. Schmitt Violin Shop is currently seeking a full-time Luthier at our Omaha location. The successful candidate will help fulfill our mission:
Enriching lives by helping people make music.

• You will join a large and growing team of caring, conscientious, and enthusiastic Technicians.
• We will provide ongoing training to gain familiarity with our instruments and proficiency in our methods and standards.
• The Luthier will help set up, maintain, and repair our student level instruments; violins, violas, cellos, basses and fretted instruments.
• We work directly with manufacturers to supply instruments which are excellent in quality and sound.
• The Luthier will ensure that the set-up and maintenance is of the highest quality for the players in our area.

• Preferred Qualifications may include:
• Experience in a violin shop.
• Experience in woodworking.
• A passion for playing and a desire to learn about instrument construction and maintenance.
• Diploma in Violin Maintenance/Repair or Violin Making.

• Shop-type working conditions
• Physical Demands:
  The responsibilities of this position may frequently require using hands to, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, and talking/hearing. This position may often involve standing, walking, and sitting. This position may sometimes involve climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling.

Advancement opportunities over time may include set-ups, repairs and restoration of higher level instruments, or bow work if the candidate has an interest. We are growing, and aspire to be the best violin shop in the Omaha area and the surrounding region.